Your experience with a Volitan Lionfish?

bulletsworld · #1 09-01-2007, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

I wasn't looking & I got 2 shots of toxin from 2 dorsal spines in my finger on the right hand. Before I could finish the thought "this is going to hurt", the pain shot through & let me tell you, it was by far the worst pain ever. I've busted my knee several times, fractured a wrist, cut open my head, but none of that even came close. I ended up pouring almost boiling hot water over my right arm and getting all burned & blistered just to stop the poison from reaching my internal organs. At one point, I was screaming at my brother to cut off my arm

since I could feel the poison almost to my chest cavity & I figured I'd rather lose an arm than a vital organ. (Now I'm glad he didn't listen)

Sold the Volitan the next day.

HOLY CRAP! I had no idea it was THAT bad (being stung)! YIKS!!!!

You could actually feel the poison movin in your body?

bulletsworld · #2 09-01-2007, 05:18 PM

Did you too ever get stung by a Volitan Lionfish? What did you do???

Did you go to the hospital?

Zoaelite · #3 09-01-2007, 05:28 PM

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HOLY CRAP! I had no idea it was THAT bad (being stung)! YIKS!!!!

You could actually feel the poison movin in your body?

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I got bit by a Hermit Crab Before... That was pretty bad. Mind you it latched onto my hand for over an hour and a half.

Pan · #4 09-01-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bulletsworld

HOLY CRAP! I had no idea it was THAT bad (being stung)! YIKS!!!!

You could actually feel the poison movin in your body?

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I got bit by a Hermit Crab Before... That was pretty bad. Mind you it latched onto my hand for over an hour and a half.

Why on earth did you let it?

Zoaelite · #5 09-01-2007, 05:31 PM

I was 14 and my family went to the petstore. We bought 3 Hermit crabs(Larger land species) and the guy asked me if I wanted to hold one, so my mom said ok. It was in the palm of my hand and all of a sudden BANG it latched on... We didnt buy the Hermit crabs after that.
Levi

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #6 09-01-2007, 11:19 PM

I went to the hospital but after waiting for an hour & since there were still 6 people ahead of me (none of them poisoned or worse, I might add) I left & called Poison Control. They told me that poisons are enzymes, enzymes are proteins & proteins denature (break apart) in the presence of heat. By that time, I could stand a lot of heat so that's why I poured near boiling hot water on my arm to break up the toxin before it reached my vital organs. I'd rather suffer from burns & blisters than more serious damage to the organs.

It wasn't the Volitan's fault. I had trained him to eat from my hands/chopsticks, so it was only doing what came "naturally" when it saw my hands in the tank.

justinl · #7 09-02-2007, 12:23 AM

smooth anthony. lol.

fyi, there has never been any fatalities directly related to lionfish (stonefish are a different story). dunno if allergies count but that would ceertainly complicate the situation. as mentioned just pour hot water over the stung area asap, but please not boiling.

just as hot as you can stand without scalding yourself. calling a doc just to let him know what happened wouldnt be a bad idea. driving yourself anywhere would be a very bad idea.

bulletsworld · #8 09-02-2007, 02:23 AM

Thanks Anthony for your experiences. Always good to know worst case. Geesh I would have to have a sign on the tank, "DO NOT PUT FINGERS IN THE TANK!"

Im still debating this Lion fish just for that reason.

I'm also wondering if it will really would get along with my 4.5" porcupine puffer and a 3" Star & Stripe puffer, and a med Foxface. I also have 2 bugger damsels in there, but their mean and no loss if eaten. However I would have to remove my 1" picasso trigger to my other tank, just in case.

Any thoughts? What kind of tankmates have you tried with a lionfish??

Thanks for all your feed back so far!